The Broken Violin (1928 film)

The Broken Violin
The Broken Violin
Directed by	Oscar Micheaux
Release date	1928;
Country	United States
Language	English

The Broken Violin is an American silent film directed by Oscar Micheaux, released in 1928.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The film is based on Micheaux's unpublished novel, House of Mystery.^[4] It is about a beautiful African-American prodigy who plays violin. She overcomes her impoverished background and alcoholic father (who breaks her violin), in order to find success in music and love.^[5]^[6]

Cast

J. Homer Tutt, one of the Tutt Brothers, and Oscar Micheaux's wife Alice B. Russell starred in the film.^[1]^[5] Tutt, an accomplished vaudeville performer and producer with his brother, also had a lead role in Micheaux's films Birthright; these were his only known feature film roles. Tutt also appeared in short 1929 musical film Jailhouse Blues.

Birthright was Russell's first film, and she starred in a dozen more.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Broken Violin / Oscar Micheaux [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Performing Arts Database, Library of Congress.
^ Green, J. Ronald (2004-03-18). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-253-02770-2.
^ ^a ^b Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (2016-03-28). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-253-02155-7.
^ Munden, Kenneth White (January 16, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. American Film Institute. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "The Filmography of Oscar Micheaux, 1919-1948". The Crisis. 86 (4). The Crisis Publishing Company Inc. April 1979. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.
^ Lupack, Barbara (2016-05-26). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-43424-5.
^ ^a ^b McCann, Bob (2009-12-21). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.

External links

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[:0-1] "The Broken Violin / Oscar Micheaux [motion picture]". Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Performing Arts Database, Library of Congress.

[2] Green, J. Ronald (2004-03-18). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-253-02770-2.

[:2-3] Musser, Charles; Gaines, Jane Marie; Bowser, Pearl (2016-03-28). Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Indiana University Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-253-02155-7.

[4] Munden, Kenneth White (January 16, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. American Film Institute. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "The Filmography of Oscar Micheaux, 1919-1948". The Crisis. 86 (4). The Crisis Publishing Company Inc. April 1979. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.

[6] Lupack, Barbara (2016-05-26). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-43424-5.

[:3-7] McCann, Bob (2009-12-21). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 978-0-7864-5804-2.

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